From elb at pidgin.im  Thu Aug  4 11:40:56 2016
From: elb at pidgin.im (Ethan Blanton)
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 11:40:56 -0400
Subject: Electing Directors
Message-ID: <20160804154056.GA12463@mail.kb8ojh.net>

All,

We've formed a new board, and we need to elect directors!  Please do
the following for me:

1) Let me know if you'd be willing to be an officer.
2) Let me know what approximate hours UTC are generally good for you
   for an online chat (maybe a Google Hangout?) lasting about one
   hour.  Please be flexible, there are a lot of us and we're in a lot
   of time zones!

The officer positions are:

President: Responsible for things like organizing board meetings and
    making sure various legal things are taken care of.  Should keep
    an eye on other officers for shenanigans.

Vice President: Takes care of things when the President cannot, may be
    asked by the board to do executive-type things.  In practice, this
    means nothing.

Treasurer: Responsible for doing basically everything as far as I can
    tell, including telling the President what the President should be
    doing.  Files taxes, manages bank accounts, etc.

Secretary: Responsible for taking notes at the board meetings, keeping
    an up-to-date list of the officers of the corporation and their
    contact info.

The actual official officer positions and their duties (not the
summaries above) are in our bylaws, here:

    https://imfreedom.org/bylaws.php

My responses will follow as an example.

Ethan

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From elb at pidgin.im  Thu Aug  4 11:45:40 2016
From: elb at pidgin.im (Ethan Blanton)
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 11:45:40 -0400
Subject: Electing Directors
In-Reply-To: <20160804154056.GA12463@mail.kb8ojh.net>
References: <20160804154056.GA12463@mail.kb8ojh.net>
Message-ID: <20160804154540.GB12463@mail.kb8ojh.net>

Ethan Blanton spake unto us the following wisdom:
> We've formed a new board, and we need to elect directors!  Please do
> the following for me:
> 
> 1) Let me know if you'd be willing to be an officer.
> 2) Let me know what approximate hours UTC are generally good for you
>    for an online chat (maybe a Google Hangout?) lasting about one
>    hour.  Please be flexible, there are a lot of us and we're in a lot
>    of time zones!

I am generally available weekdays from 1300-2100 UTC and can be
available from 2100-0000 UTC if necessary.  Weekend availability is
possible more or less any time 1300-0000 UTC if necessary.  (This
corresponds to business and evening hours US EDT.)

I am willing to continue as Treasurer.  If I do not continue as
treasurer, I am willing to take a different officer position.

Ethan

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From rekkanoryo at rekkanoryo.org  Thu Aug  4 12:52:24 2016
From: rekkanoryo at rekkanoryo.org (John Bailey)
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 12:52:24 -0400
Subject: Electing Directors
In-Reply-To: <20160804154056.GA12463@mail.kb8ojh.net>
References: <20160804154056.GA12463@mail.kb8ojh.net>
Message-ID: <CALfZOuUMJynbwWmPKr6A3N6NcYDEJkGenR65tLo7BYkDk1KqAw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Ethan Blanton <elb at pidgin.im> wrote:
> All,
>
> We've formed a new board, and we need to elect directors!  Please do
> the following for me:
>
> 1) Let me know if you'd be willing to be an officer.
> 2) Let me know what approximate hours UTC are generally good for you
>    for an online chat (maybe a Google Hangout?) lasting about one
>    hour.  Please be flexible, there are a lot of us and we're in a lot
>    of time zones!

I am willing to serve as President or (preferably) Vice President, as
long as I do not have to endorse any checks or make financial
decisions (as this would be considered a conflict of interest with my
current employer, even though I serve no financial function there).

I can generally be available any Monday through Friday, 2200 UTC until
0300 UTC the following morning and any time at all on Saturday or
Sunday, with the exception of August 5-6 and August 26-29 where I
cannot be available at all.

Additionally, I have some options that we can mull over for holding
the chat.  A Google Hangout would work and I quite like that idea, but
I know that is not necessarily something everyone is willing to work
with.  Alternatively, I can provide access to a Slack team I am owner
of or I can host a conference using Zoom.  The Zoom conference is
primarily a video conferencing platform, but it offers a conference
bridge to dial into and the video is optional if connecting to the web
portion of the conference.  I have the ability to record these
conferences, as well.

John

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